'Cooperators' May Complicate Trials

Last month, a star government witness in the latest Enron Corp. criminal trial recounted how he and other top brass lied to stock analysts at a crucial 2000 meeting. Former senior Enron executive Kenneth Rice, who reached a plea bargain with prosecutors last year, told of sitting at the meeting and being privately upset at false statements being made by a fellow Enron executive in a presentation to the analysts.